The writer has been declared a criminal by the state. Facing imprisonment, exile or worse, their life hangs in the hands of so-called friends and so-called enemies. Si Rawlinson’s Red INK explores the role of dissident art and the struggle between the desires of state and citizen.

Inspired by the journalists, activists, and ordinary people who risk their lives in the pursuit of the truth, Red INK is an artful, pulse-quickening, and at times darkly funny mix of hip hop, contemporary dance, and physical theatre,

"Boundary-breaking dance art chiming for change" Kate Hagan, The Wonderful World of Dance

“Gorgeous muscular movement” Jonzi D, Breakin’ Convention

Originally developed at Breakin' Convention's 'Open Art Surgery' 2016, the show was supported by CurveTheatre and Southbank Centre 2017. Showcased for Southbank Centre's China Changing Festival 2017 and Curve Theatre's Inside Out Festival 2017.

PROXY

An exciting new work of experimental digital dance theatre, developed at Barbican’s Open Lab. The show uses lowlight/infrared camera, darkness, and live projection to explore the relationship between reality and performance, authentic self and digital representation of self, and how we connect via technology.

INHERENT

Inherent is about the limits memory and the borders of shared experience in the fight for social change. Three dancers appropriate black memories from Jim Crow to present day, exploring the awkwardness and incapacity that stops us from speaking for others, and the need for those who are not black to engage with movements like Black Lives Matter.

The show draws on hip hop, krump, contemporary dance, and spoken word to question our complicity with inequality and prejudice.

Developed at Breakin' Convention's 'Back to the Lab' platform this January 2017, the show went on to be performed at Breakin' Convention at Sadler's Wells, Curve Theatre, and Birmingham Repertory Theatre, as well as for Serendipity's Signatures Festival, Talawa Firsts Festival, and Hop Festival at Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona Dec 2017.

Run time: 10 mins

Dancers: Si Rawlinson, Ryan Naiken, Vladimir Gruev

SPIRIT LEVEL

Original music collaboration with composer Blasio Kavuma, in partnership with Sound and Music. Spirit Level draws musical influence from gospel, African, to neo-impressionism, and mixes hip hop and contemporary dance among other influences. The show uses live music and dance to explore different meanings of spirituality, how music and dance can be spiritual, and how it connects us.